The 6-Step Inbound Marketing Process [Infographic]

Alrighty, so you might be a complete marketing noob, and not know where to start (if so, you should look at this infographic and download the free 6-month PDF course). Inbound Marketing is the sh*t when it comes to online promotion; It’s authentic, based on content and real value, and makes believers out of your customers, in what you’re doing and then ultimately in what you’re selling.

This is the NEW way. And the ONLY way, if you want to succeed in today’s online marketplace.

Disagree? Would love to battle in the comments…

The infographic below breaks down marketing into 6 sections, marketing the way it SHOULD be:

Develop a marketing strategy: Define your goals, your ideal customer or “whale”, and what kind of ROI you are targeting.

Create & maintain a powerful website: As the graphic says, “your website is the hub of of all your online marketing and lead generation”. It should do two things: have a clear message about what you do (the main portion of the site) and a blog that fills your visitors with bellyfulls of useful & free business content.

Generate more traffic: More traffic to your site/blog means more eyeballs and chances for conversion (don’t forget that you need to optimize your site too). Check this stat: A blog gets you 55% more traffic. So, make it epic!

Convert traffic to leads: This is where you use landing pages to help you focus and convert your traffic into leads by keeping their focus on a single objective.

Convert leads into sales: Segment and nurture (keep them aware and warm) your leads until they reach that “aha!” moment that rings their conversion bell, turning them into a paying customer. This is most often done through email marketing.

Measure everything: This is the hardest part, but if you set up your Key Performance Indicators in advance (like visitor to sign-up ratio or sign-up to paying ratio), then you have a starting point. then hook up an intelligent measurement system like KISSmetrics to help you produce campaign reports that will not only show you what’s working, but keep your boss happy and loving you.

By the way, if you trip on down to the end of the post, you’ll find ready made tweetable sound-bites that you can use to be an Inbound Marketing pro on Twitter.

About Oli Gardner

Unbounce co-founder Oli Gardner has seen more landing pages than anyone on the planet. He’s obsessed with identifying and reversing bad marketing practices, and his disdain for marketers who send campaign traffic to their homepage is legendary, resulting in landing page rants that can peel paint off an unpainted wall.
A prolific international speaker, Oli can be found at marketing conferences worldwide – travelling with his fiancée and fellow marketer Nicole Mintiens – on his mission to rid the world of marketing mediocrity by using data-informed copywriting, Conversion-Centered Design, interaction, and psychology to create a more delightful experience for marketers and customers alike.
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I think it’ been nailed right on the head with the marketing “expenses”. They are not expenses, they are an investment into growth, that money is coming back. And if it’s not, someone needs to look at their techniques!

Awesome infographic, really helps me to understand the sales funnel better and what I can do on my sites to increase my leads and sales!! Great post.

Colin Dawson

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Marketing is very important and crucial thing, and in above mentioned Info-graphic you explained very well and clean so that anyone can understand inbound marketing and its metrics. Moreover, Infographic is best way to spread useful informations.

Michael

Wow, great infographic! I also think that measuring inbound marketing activities is the best way to improve it. Personally i’m using ColibriTool to measure “traffic” (with goals/conversions) and “seo”.